Keraia
Lexicon

οὐ

ounoHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentParticle1,627 occurrences26 books1,403 verses

Definition

οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Acts 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., §409; M, Pr., 44, 244),

[in LXX for אֵין ,אַיִן ,לֹא ;]

neg. particle,

not, no, used generally with indic, and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);

1. absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Matthew 13:29, John 1:21; 21:5; οὒ οὕ, Matthew 5:37, James 5:12.

2. Most frequently negativing a verb or other word, Matthew 1:25; 10:26, 38, Mark 3:25; 9:37, John 8:29, Acts 7:5, Romans 1:16, Philippians 3:3, al.; in litotes, οὐκ ὀλίγοι (i.e. very many), Acts 17:4, al.; οὐκ ἄσημος, Acts 21:39; πᾶς . . . οὐ, with verb, (like Heb. כֹּל . . . לֹא), no, none, Matthew 24:22, Mark 13:20, Luke 1:37, Ephesians 5:5, al.; in disjunctive statements, οὐκ . . . ἀλλά, Luke 8:52, John 1:33, Romans 8:2o, al.; with 2 of person(s) fut. (like Heb. לֹא, with impf.), as emphatic prohibition, Matthew 4:7, Luke 4:12, Romans 7:7, al.

3. With another negative,

(a) strengthening the negation: Mark 5:37, John 8:15; 12:19, Acts 8:39, al.;

(b) making an affirmative: Acts 4:20, 1 Corinthians 12:15.

4. With other particles: οὐ μή (see: μή); οὐ μηκέτι, Matthew 21:19; with μή interrog., Romans 10:18, 1 Corinthians 9:4, 5; 11:22.

5. Interrogative, expecting an affirmative answer (Lat. nonne): Matthew 6:26, Mark 4:21, Luke 11:40, John 4:35, Romans 9:21, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as οὐ:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

1,627 total
  1. 1 Corinthians 15:14οὐκ
    And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:15οὐκ; οὐκ
    In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:16οὐκ
    For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
  4. 1 Corinthians 15:17οὐκ
    And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:29οὐκ
    If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:32οὐκ
    If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
  7. 1 Corinthians 15:36οὐ
    You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
  8. 1 Corinthians 15:37οὐ · [is] not
    And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
  9. 1 Corinthians 15:39Οὐ · Not
    Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
  10. 1 Corinthians 15:46οὐ · [was] not
    The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
  11. 1 Corinthians 15:50οὐ
    Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
  12. 1 Corinthians 15:51οὐ · {We will} not
    Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
  13. 1 Corinthians 15:58οὐκ · not
    Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
  14. 1 Corinthians 16:7οὐ
    For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
  15. 1 Corinthians 16:12οὐκ · not
    Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.
  16. 1 Corinthians 16:22οὐ · {does} not
    If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
  17. 2 Corinthians 1:8Οὐ
    We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
  18. 2 Corinthians 1:12οὐκ · not
    For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
  19. 2 Corinthians 1:13οὐ
    For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,
  20. 2 Corinthians 1:17Οὔ · No; οὔ · no
    When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?
  21. 2 Corinthians 1:18οὐκ · not; Οὔ · No
    But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
  22. 2 Corinthians 1:19οὐκ · not; Οὔ · No
    For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”
  23. 2 Corinthians 1:24οὐχ · Not
    Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
  24. 2 Corinthians 2:4οὐχ · not
    For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
  25. 2 Corinthians 2:5οὐκ
    Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
  26. 2 Corinthians 2:11οὐ
    …in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
  27. 2 Corinthians 2:13οὐκ · no
    I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
  28. 2 Corinthians 2:17Οὐ · not
    For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
  29. 2 Corinthians 3:3οὐ · not; οὐκ · not
    It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
  30. 2 Corinthians 3:5οὐχ · Not
    Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
  31. 2 Corinthians 3:6οὐ · not
    And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  32. 2 Corinthians 3:10οὐ
    Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
  33. 2 Corinthians 3:13οὐ · not
    We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
  34. 2 Corinthians 4:1οὐκ
    Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
  35. 2 Corinthians 4:5Οὐ
    For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
  36. 2 Corinthians 4:8οὐ · not; οὐκ · not
    We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
  37. 2 Corinthians 4:9οὐκ · not; οὐκ · not
    …persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
  38. 2 Corinthians 4:16οὐκ
    Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
  39. 2 Corinthians 5:3οὐ
    …because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
  40. 2 Corinthians 5:4οὐ
    For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
  41. 2 Corinthians 5:7οὐ · not
    For we walk by faith, not by sight.
  42. 2 Corinthians 5:12οὐ
    We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
  43. 2 Corinthians 6:12οὐ · not
    It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.